Time

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett begins with two men on a country road by a leafless tree.  Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot.  Vladimir and Estragon do not know if they’ve met Godot, if they’re waiting in the right place, if it is the right day, or even whether Godot is going to show up at all.  While they wait, Vladimir and Estragon fill their time with ordinary activities and unimportant conversations.  Time brings many problems in Waiting for Godot.  The title of the play reveals the whole story: waiting.  Vladimir and Estragon are forced to get through many days while they anticipate the arrival of a man who never comes.  Since they have nothing to do but wait, time is an obstacle that tests their ability to wait for Godot.  In the play, time is a cycle because they repeat the same actions every day. In the novel Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, time loses meaning when the actions of one day have no significance on the following days.

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        In the novel, time is a repeating cycle. First, Vladimir says, “Hand in hand from the top of the Eiffel Tower, among the first. We were respectable in those days. Now it's too late. They wouldn't even let us up. (Estragon tears at his boot.) What are you doing?” Estragon responds, “Taking off my boot. Did that never happen to you?” Then,

Vladimir tells Estragon, “Boots must betaken off every day, I'm tired telling you that.” (Page 3).  Here, we are introduced to a repeating routine for Vladimir and Estragon. Then, Vladimir and Estragon are talking about waiting for ...

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